yes. cleverly repurposed
the slang use is just for the pitchfork and torch types
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it is
It's an english word meaning "(of a word or expression) coined for one occasion" so in cryptography terms, it's a single-use number/string used to make the cryptographic result less predictable.
It still makes me laugh every time I see it in a cryptography context anyway.
Even more so in bitcoin circles, where they have a notion of a "golden nonce" which just makes me think of jingle jangle jewellery
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LP, Tue 6 Jul 2021, 9:43,
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Golden Nonce sounds like an award for fiddling.
Pedometer sometimes makes me smile.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 6 Jul 2021, 22:04,
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